Alec

Even though you weren't feeling so great on Friday, you blasted through a couple of EXCELLENT drawings, Alec! You nailed the negative space around the chair, spot-on. Then you applied that skill to seeing the negative and positive space when drawing the egret. Your contour lines show a lot of control around the edges of its body and head. Great job of adding the contrasting gray and white to show the contours of the feathers. If you can get in another drawing this week, try the challenge; it will be good practice for you...

This week's drawing challenge:
Look around the classroom or in your back pack. Find an interesting object. It can be a stapler, a piece of your jewelry, or a watch; anything that you can set in front of you to draw. Take a moment to see the negative space surrounding the object... that's where you'll lightly draw the contour lines that show the edges of its form (like you did with the egret). You can add lines and patterns to show textures. HOT TIP: Start by lightly drawing basic shapes of the objects to help you get accurate proportions.